Duke Ellington
“Gray skies are just clouds passing over.” Duke Ellington quotes
Year: 2009
Neil Gaiman
“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, …
Jeff Foxworthy
“My whole career can be summed up with ‘Ignorance is bliss.’ When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing.” Jeff …
John Muir
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.” John Muir quotes
Virgil
“They succeed, because they think they can.” Virgil quotes
Howard Aiken
“Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” Howard Aiken quotes
Stanislaw J. Lec
“People find life entirely too time-consuming.” Stanislaw J. Lec quotes
Salma Hayek
“I have gotten a lot more attention than…other women that I find incredibly beautiful. And this has happened to me ever since I was a …
Brendan Francis
“If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly …
Marshall McLuhan
“Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century.” Marshall McLuhan quotes
Dennis Banks
“The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.” Dennis Banks quotes
Rodney Dangerfield
“I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get.” Rodney Dangerfield quotes
James Madison
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” James Madison quotes
Demetri Martin
“I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert.” Demetri …
Terry Pratchett
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” Terry …
Jerry Seinfeld
“There is no such thing as “fun for the whole family.”” Jerry Seinfeld quotes
Calvin Coolidge
“No man ever listened himself out of a job.” Calvin Coolidge quotes
Muriel Spark
“Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.” Muriel Spark quotes
William Ellery Channing
“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.” William Ellery Channing quotes
Mae West
“Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.” Mae West quotes
Marilyn French
“Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains.” Marilyn French quotes
Katharine Whitehorn
“The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any.” Katharine Whitehorn quotes
Arthur Erickson
“Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.” Arthur Erickson quotes
Juvenal
“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.” Juvenal quotes
Miguel de Cervantes
“That’s the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.” Miguel de Cervantes quotes
Georgia O’Keeffe
“I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.” Georgia O’Keeffe quotes
Stanislaw Lem
“Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.” Stanislaw Lem quotes
Annie Lennox
“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.” Annie Lennox quotes
David Icke
“Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut, that held its ground.” David Icke quotes
Marquis de Vauvenargues
“When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.” Marquis de Vauvenargues quotes
Kathleen Quinlan
“I am really a sea creature. Just a mammal that lost its fins.” Kathleen Quinlan quotes
Muhammad Ali
“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Muhammad Ali quotes
King Solomon
“All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full.” King Solomon quotes
Henry A. Kissinger
“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” Henry A. Kissinger quotes
James Russell Lowell
“All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.” James Russell Lowell quotes
Theodore Bikel
“No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.” Theodore Bikel quotes
Peter Benchley
“If man doesn’t learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.” Peter Benchley quotes
Toni Morrison
“Make a difference about something other than yourselves.” Toni Morrison quotes
Euripides
“Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other.” Euripides quotes
John Stuart Mill
“All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.” John Stuart Mill quotes